FLINT, MI -- The attorney for a man accused of threatening three lawmakers is asking a federal judge to stop the government from forcefully injecting his client with medication until an appeals court has the chance to weigh in on the case.

Waterford attorney Elias J. Escobedo Jr. is asking Flint U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith to stop the government from injecting his client, Randall W. Dellinger, against his wishes with anti-psychotic medication until the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals can rule on the matter.

Goldsmith gave authorities permission June 10 to inject Dellinger, a schizophrenic, with anti-psychotic medication in order to restore him to competency to face trial on charges he made threatening phone calls to at least three federal lawmakers.

Court records show Dellinger does not believe he has a mental illness and has refused the treatment that authorities say is necessary to restore competency.

Escobedo filed an emergency motion with the court Thursday, June 12, asking Goldsmith to delay the decision, arguing that once the government begins medicating Dellinger there would be no chance to undo the decision.

"The denial of this request most certainly will shortly result in the defendant being forcibly medicated," Escobedo wrote in his motion. "And what has begun cannot be undone! Mr. Dellinger will then have no availability to challenge this significant invasion of his right to privacy."

Escobedo could not be reached for comment. The government has not yet responded to the motion.

Goldsmith ordered Dellinger to be hospitalized in December 2013 for examination and treatment of mental illness that rendered him incompetent to stand trial.

"Mr. Dellinger's constitutional right to privacy will be irretrievably violated," Escobedo wrote in his motion. "The only method of preserving his ability to effectively challenge this action is to stay the implementation of the order while Mr. Dellinger exercises his right to appeal that decision."

Escobedo claims in his motion that Goldsmith's decision will lead to Dellinger being tied down and forcibly injected with medication that will impact his client's brain.

Goldsmith limited the government's use of the forced treatments, requiring that medical staff request Dellinger to take the medication orally before any forced injection is given and that any potential side effects be explained to Dellinger.

Medical staff must also closely monitor Dellinger's health with the understanding that treatment must be stopped if any major side effects or other problems surface. Any major issues or side effects must be reported to the court within five days.

Dellinger was arrested by Flint police June 26, 2012, while leaving his east side home on charges he allegedly made threatening phone calls to then-U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee, D-Flint, and U.S. Sens. Carl Levin, D-Detroit, and Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing.

According to an affidavit filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dellinger allegedly contacted Kildee's Flint office the evening of June 25, 2012, and complained about an "RF unit" that was supposedly implanted in him by the Michigan Department of Corrections.

Dellinger allegedly explained in the call that he had been given leukemia and that Kildee needed to do something while in office or Kildee would be "one dead (expletive)," according to the affidavit.

The affidavit claims that Dellinger also left his name and address in the message to Kildee.

Similar calls were allegedly placed with Stabenow's Flint office and Levin's office in Washington, D.C.

Court records show that there is no indication that Dellinger intended or took any actions to carry out the threats.